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UPDATE -- OBOOK Holdings Inc. (OWLS) issues Year-End CEO Letter to Shareholders
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OBOOK Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OWLS) (the "Company" or “OwlTing”) today issued Year-End Letter to Shareholders
About this update from Obook Holdings Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OBOOK Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OWLS) (the \"Company\" or “OwlTing”) today issued Year-End Letter to Shareholders from its Founder and CEO, Darren Wang. Dear Shareholders, I have spent the past twelve years in the blockchain industry. Over that time, I have witnessed multiple waves of technological change — and I have seen the same technology lead to very different outcomes. Some chose to chase market momentum and short-term gains. Others chose to invest their time and resources in work that was less visible, but built to endure. During these twelve years, the question I have been asked most often is simple: “Why not move faster?” It is a fair question, and one we have thought about deeply. From the very beginning, I made a deliberate choice. I did not want to build increasingly complex, well-packaged financial products. I wanted to solve a real problem — one that exists in everyday life, yet has never been properly addressed. A Problem Everyone Has Experienced Consider a simple, familiar situation. In 2025, sending a WhatsApp message to someone on the other side of the world takes one second and costs nothing. Yet sending money to that same place often takes days and comes with meaningful fees. Why can information move instantly, while money cannot? Why can’t money move as easily as a message? This is not a technological limitation. The technology required for real-time value transfer has existed for years. The real constraint is responsibility. Every movement of money carries obligations—anti-money-laundering requirements, source-of-funds verification, consumer protection, financial stability, and coordination across regulatory systems. For good reason, money must move within strict legal and licensing frameworks. We do not view these frameworks as unreasonable barriers. On the contrary, they are what make financial systems trustworthy over the long term. The true challenge is not bypassing regulation, but operating within it while meaningfully improving speed, cost, and reliability. That challenge is precisely why OwlTing exists. Long-Term Value as Our North Star We believe the ultimate measure of our success is whether we create long-term value for our shareholders—much like Amazon, whose focus has always remained on durable, long-term outcomes. That value comes from raising com...